Kilkenny's Richard Mullally NAME: Richard Mullally DATE OF BIRTH: 27-6-78 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Glenmore COUNTY: Kilkenny NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): U14, U16 and U18 Leinster Colleges Hurling and 2 U18 Leinster Colleges Football; 2 Leinster Minor Championship medals; U16 Club Championship and League medals, both hurling and football; played Minor football with Kilkenny, won Feile na nGael in 1990 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Played Under 12 with Kilkenny, and Minor debut with Kilkenny in 1995 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: M O'Connell (Cork and Middleton College) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Squash, cycling, going to cinema, watching all sports FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre back FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Ray Heffernan (Glenmore); Willie O'Connor (Glenmore) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father and brother Thomas THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing in All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final 1995 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Beaten by Galway this year in the All-Ireland Semi Final OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: My brother Patrick; my sister Brigid; Niall Mackey and Michael Phelan (Glenmore); Sean Og O hAilpin and Austin Walsh (Cork); Eugene Cloonan (Galway); Leigh O'Brien (Wexford); Ramie Cahill (Kilkenny) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Working more on skills at school level and trying to get more people involved at underage level DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: My brother Patrick played with Kilkenny minors in 1994; my sister Brigid plays with Kilkenny senior camogie team PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Danny De Vito - to see how small he really is in person FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Chill out man' PET HATES: Smoking FAVOURITE MUSIC: 'Oasis' FAVOURITE FILM: In The Name Of The Father IDEAL DATE: Sandra Bullock HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? Playing centre back for Kilkenny seniors and winning an All-Ireland Final Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 4th October 1996 Vol 6 No 40 Tweet

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